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9. That the maximum penalty for refusal
to sell a sample to the authorised officer be
increased.
10. That the division of the sample after
purchase and delivery of a portion to the
vendor should be compulsory.
11. That samples should be divided into
four instead of three parts, and that one of
these parts should be at the disposal of the
wholesale dealer.
12. That the provisions of Section 5 of
the Margarine Act, 1887, as to the exemption
of an employer from penalty in certain
cases, and punishment of an assistant,
should be extended to offences under the
Sale of Food and Drugs Acts.
13. That it should be obligatory upon
the magistrates or court to refer articles to the
Government Laboratory for analysis when
such course is desired by either of the parties
to the case.